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Lauren DeStefano Books in Order

Lauren DeStefano has written 18 books, published between 2011 and 2024. The first book is Wither (2011) and the newest is The Lost Ones (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2011–2024
Pages on record
3,038 in 11 of 18 books
Reading time
51–76 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,038 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Lauren DeStefano, born in 1984, is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known for the Chemical Garden novels and for her gallows humour. The catalogue holds 18 books dated between 2011 and 2024, opening with Wither (2011) and running to The Lost Ones (2024). Four series stand under the DeStefano name: Chemical Garden, Internment Chronicles, Pram and Glass Spare. Recorded subjects include science fiction, genetic engineering, utopias, orphans, grief and kidnapping. DeStefano continues to publish.

How many Lauren DeStefano books are there?

Lauren DeStefano has 18 books, released between 2011 and 2024. They include 4 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Lauren DeStefano Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Lauren DeStefano books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Wither by Lauren DeStefano, book 1 of the Chemical Garden series (2011)
  2. Cover of Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano, book 1 of the Internment Chronicles (2013)
  3. Cover of Sever by Lauren DeStefano, book 4 of the Chemical Garden series (2013)
  4. Cover of Burning Kingdoms by Lauren DeStefano, book 3 of the Internment Chronicles (2015)
  5. Cover of The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart by Lauren DeStefano, book 2 of the Pram series (2016)
  6. Cover of Broken Crowns by Lauren DeStefano, book 5 of the Internment Chronicles (2016)
  7. Cover of The Girl with the Ghost Machine by Lauren DeStefano (2017)
  8. Cover of The Unicorn Came to Dinner by Lauren DeStefano (2020)
  9. Cover of The Lost Ones by Lauren DeStefano, book 2 of the Dark Ascension series (2024)
  1. 1
    WitherChemical Garden #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  2. 2
    The Seeds of WitherChemical Garden #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    FeverChemical Garden #32012 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012368
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  4. 4
    Perfect RuinInternment Chronicles #12013 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013356
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  5. 5
    SeverChemical Garden #42013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    No Intention of DyingInternment Chronicles #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    A Curious Tale of the In-BetweenPram #12015 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015256
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  8. 8
    Burning KingdomsInternment Chronicles #32015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015336
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  9. 9
    The Heir ApparentInternment Chronicles #42015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  10. 10
    The Peculiar Night of the Blue HeartPram #22016 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016196
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  11. 11
    Broken CrownsInternment Chronicles #52016 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016262
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  12. 12
    The Girl with the Ghost Machine2017 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017214
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  13. 13
    The Glass SpareGlass Spare #12017 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017402
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  14. 14
    Dreaming Dangerous2018 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018208
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  15. 15
    The Cursed SeaGlass Spare #22018 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018400
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  16. 16
    The Unicorn Came to Dinner2020 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202040
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  17. 17
    How I’ll Kill You (As: Ren DeStefano)2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  18. 18
    The Lost OnesDark Ascension #22024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Lauren DeStefano books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Internment Chronicles in order

5 books
  1. 1. Perfect Ruin
  2. 2. No Intention of Dying
  3. 3. Burning Kingdoms
  4. 4. The Heir Apparent
  5. 5. Broken Crowns

Chemical Garden in order

4 books
  1. 1. Wither
  2. 2. The Seeds of Wither
  3. 3. Fever
  4. 4. Sever

Pram in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Curious Tale of the In-Between
  2. 2. The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart

Glass Spare in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Glass Spare
  2. 2. The Cursed Sea

Dark Ascension in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Lost Ones

Standalone books

4 books

4 Lauren DeStefano titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lauren DeStefano books in order?

You only need to read Lauren DeStefano books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lauren DeStefano

Start with Wither (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lauren DeStefano book?

The Lost Ones (2024) is the newest Lauren DeStefano book released so far.

Is there a new Lauren DeStefano book coming?

No next Lauren DeStefano book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Lauren DeStefano at a glance

Still publishing
Lauren DeStefano published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Lauren DeStefano books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,038 pages across the 11 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lauren DeStefano books, 15 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lauren DeStefano books are about

12 of the 18 Lauren DeStefano books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.